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1. Can DISM can apply an answer file to an offline image?
The Application Identity Service
Writes changes to a mounted WIM file - DISM /UNMOUNT-WIM /DISCARD will roll the changes back
Yes
Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate Editions

2. How can you can prevent users from accessing certain MMC console snap ins?
Increase the minimum size of your paging file. Windows sets the initial minimum size of the paging file equal to the amount of random access memory (RAM) installed on your computer plus 300 megabytes (MB) - and the maximum size equal to three times t
Through a GPO.
Perform an offline migration
It is a advertisement of a service. The record is configured with the service provided - a port number and weight?

3. Does the Advanced Firewall already has a predefined Homegroup inbound rule?
For example - you can create a rule that allows all Windows processes to run except Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
Yes - it can be modified to apply to a network location.
Use the route delete command.
You will need to run "Startup Repair" from within the Windows Recovery Environment (WRE)

4. What does "Create System Repair Disk" option do?
Can be used to create virtual hard disks
Creates a bootable CD that runs the Windows Recovery Environment (WRE)
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From the Network Policy Access Services role in system manager.

5. How can you removed a stale resource record from DNS?
Set IE back to its default settings
Where you go to manage your documents - music - pictures - and other files. You can browse your files the same way you would in a folder - or you can view your files arranged by properties like date - type - and author. In some ways - a library is si
Configure aging and scavenging.
SSL

6. What is AppLocker?
A new feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that replaces the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) feature. One of the advantages of Applocker rules over SRP is you can assign a rule to a security group or an individual user.
DNS suffix search lists
IN the WindowsUpdateClient log in the system log portion of event viewer.
A suite of tools that allow administrators to understand - control - and manage the quantity and types of data stored on the servers.

7. What OSs can IPV6 be uninstalled?
Enabled searching for content on remote locations right from the Explorer itself. Integrating federated search into Windows gives users the benefits of using familiar tools and workflows to search remote data. This enhanced integration provides the a
A suite of tools that allow administrators to understand - control - and manage the quantity and types of data stored on the servers.
Windows XP and Server 2003.
Use AD integrated zones so the clients can update to more than one DNS server.

8. How can you disable IPV6 from OSs that cant be uninstalled?
You will be prompted to reconnect online. To disable offline mode - select it from the Tools menu.
Create a customized shell
Boot into Windows Vista to initiate a direct upgrade to Windows 7 - insert the Windows 7 setup DVD - run SETUP.EXE and choose the Upgrade option. Do not boot directly to the setup DVD.
Uncheck IPV6 from the network properties.

9. What can Windows 7 Enterprise can be directly upgraded to?
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dynamic drives
Does not
Windows 7 Ultimate.

10. Can you choose which media libraries you want to share with your homegroup?
Create persistent connections to computers with POWERSHELL
Expose a WIM file contents through Windows Explorer. You can run BCDEDIT.EXE against the mounted image to create or modify the image's boot configuration database.
Add an AD integrated zone
Yes

11. What is the command to set a collecting computer for event log forwarding?
The ICMP protocol.
It is the authentication header protocol and digitally sign packets but not encrypt them.
Use your computer's zone ID at the end of the destination address. The zone ID of an IPV6 address is locally significant.
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12. What is DISM.EXE?
Cannot be in different domains
Used to control power settings and configure computers to default to Hibernate or Standby modes. For example - running Powercfg.exe -energy will analyze the computer for energy efficiency.
The Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool replaces the pkgmgr - PEImg - and IntlConfg tools that are being retired in Windows 7. DISM provides a single centralized tool for performing all of the functions of these three tools in a mor
Delegate permission by configuring the dacl of the zone file.

13. Can Offline migration be performed on Windows 2000?
You can allow by adding the device vendor's GUID to the allow list in a GPO.
No
The system will shut down. The next time you start this system (after cloning it) - it will install with the settings in the XML file. The Computer Name will be automatically generated.
vssadmin.exe. This can view previous version files as well.

14. What does servermanagercmd.exe do?
Command line equilivant of Server Manager. You can install/remove roles and features on server 2008?
Boot to a Windows 7 setup DVD and run System Restore or boot to a System Repair Disk.
This happens because the zone records expire. This occurs because the secondary zone has not successfully zone transferred before the "Expires After" SOA.
To perform very fast searches of the most common files on your computer. The easiest way to add something to the index is to include a folder in a library. When you do that - the content in that folder is automatically indexed.

15. What is InPrivate Browsing?
Computer certificates be installed on client computers
It enables you to surf the web without leaving a trail in Internet Explorer. This helps prevent anyone else who might be using your computer from seeing where you visited and what you looked at on the web. You can start InPrivate Browsing from the ne
You create an answer file and place it on removable media. By default - Windows Setup will search the root directory of all removable media for an answer file called Autounattend.xml.
Schedule reports - monitor attempt to save unauthorized files - and generate reports instantly.

16. What does Scanstate /OfflineWinOld: C:Windows.old do?
So you can use a system management solution - such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 - to deliver the database to multiple computers and then use the SDBInst.exe command-line tool to install the database. The SDBInst command-line
Perform an offline migration
Boot to a Windows 7 setup DVD and run System Restore or boot to a System Repair Disk.
It pings with IPV6

17. What OS can be upgraded to Windows 7?
Only Windows Vista can be directly upgraded to Windows 7 and only if you upgrade within the same processor architecture (X86 or X84).
It can enable a windows feature on an offline image with the /Enable-Feature option
You start by selecting Windows XP Mode from the Windows 7 Start Menu. You can install applications in Windows XP Mode just as you normally would on a physical PC. For example - you can install applications via web - from storage devices - or from phy
Windows Aero was revised to be more touch-friendly.

18. What do wireless access point need to be configured with to to preform 802.1x authentication?
They must be configured with the ip addresses of the radius server.
Writes changes to a mounted WIM file - DISM /UNMOUNT-WIM /DISCARD will roll the changes back
They restrict disk space usage for users. If you modify the quota template it applies changes to all folders that the template is assigned.
Computer certificates be installed on client computers

19. What is the cache.DNS file?
Use WPA with AES encryption. WPA-Personal requires a preshared key and WPA-Enterprise uses Radius Authentication.
A file that is loaded when a DNS server starts up and populate the root hints.
If you are logged in as an administrator you can shrink an existing partition or volume to create unallocated disk space - from which you can create a new partition or volume. You can shrink a volume even on a Basic Disk.
Use Safe Mode and then roll back the driver if it was recently updated.

20. How can you communicate accross the IPV6 accross a IPV4 network?
Where you go to manage your documents - music - pictures - and other files. You can browse your files the same way you would in a folder - or you can view your files arranged by properties like date - type - and author. In some ways - a library is si
It can be configured to to state the minimum level of system health. Example: To require or not require anitvirus - antipiracy - or firewall to connect to the network.
Streamline and simplify user state migration during large deployments of Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. USMT captures user accounts - user files - operating system settings - and application settings - and then migrates them to a new
ISATAP Routers within an orginization - 6TO4 routers to transverse the internet - and TEREDO to traverse a NAT devise.

21. Who can run the Windows Easy Transfer Wizard?
Only a local administrator
Specify this file with both the ScanState and LoadState commands to migrate application settings to computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Modify the PE image using DISM by adding the WINPE-Scripting package to BOOT.WIM
Scan through the %WinDir%WindowsUpdate.log (ie. C:WindowsWindowsUpdate.log) file.

22. What are a few types of NAP enforcement points?
You can add more space to existing primary partitions and logical drives by extending them into adjacent unallocated space on the same disk. To extend a basic volume - it must be raw or formatted with the NTFS file system.
To deploy the policy and understand its impact before enforcing it.
RRAS-VPN/Dialup - Wireless Access Points - Terminal Server Gateway - DHCP - and IPSEC(HRA).
The ICMP protocol.

23. How do you display detailed Windows Activation and License status?
Using wecutil -cs in an xml file.
Run: Cscript slmgr.vbs /dl
They need to be configured us use 802.1x RADIUS authentication
Expose a WIM file contents through Windows Explorer. You can run BCDEDIT.EXE against the mounted image to create or modify the image's boot configuration database.

24. What does "wbdadmin -startrecovery -version" do?
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor - 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) - 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) - DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Command line equilivant of Server Manager. You can install/remove roles and features on server 2008?
Specified the version identifer of the back to recover in MM?DD/YYYY-HH:MM format. If the version is unknown wdadmin will get the version.
The DFS service attempts to keep the domain based namespace highly consistent by polling the pcd emulator after the namespace changes. This bypasses the needing to wait for the ad replication to update the namespace object. This can increase load on

25. How do you calculate the number of host addresses in a give subnet?
Does not have
Subtract the number of bits in the mask from 32 bits (255.255.255.255). Take the result (x) and have 2 to the power of the result (2^x). Subtract that final result by 2 and that is the amount of host addresses available.
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Place unhealthy computers in a quarantined network and auto-remediate clients.

26. What is a mx record?
First the local link address sends a router discovery packet (Router Solicitation message). If the router request is received then a Public address corrosponding to the global or unique local address prefix in the message.
Adds a file based zone
A roecord to indicate the smtp server.
Windows Aero was revised to be more touch-friendly.

27. What is SSTP?
Anew vpn protocol that uses SSL (port 443) for encryption.
A LAN Router only or a LAN to WAN Router
The system will shut down. The next time you start this system (after cloning it) - it will install with the settings in the XML file. The Computer Name will be automatically generated.
Run slmgr.vbs -ato and then open up 3389 on windows firewall using netsh.

28. What does the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor do?
Netsh add dnsserver. Example netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="Local Area Connection" 192.168.0.1 index=3
WINRM QUICKCONFIG.
You setup one the DHCP server with the same option settings and non-overlapping scopes. Make sure to duplicate any reservations.
It sees if your PC is ready for Windows 7. It scans your hardware - devices - and installed programs for known compatibility issues - gives you guidance on how to resolve potential issues found - and recommends what to do before you upgrade.

29. What is Optimize for scalability polling mode do?
Windows Aero was revised to be more touch-friendly.
Only sites added to the local Intranet Zones
Also known as root scalability mode. Allows organizations with more than 16 namespace servers use consistency mode. They poll the nearest dc every hour instead of the pdc emulator. This reduces network traffic to the pdc emulator but clients might ha
Create a Custom Rule. By default Predefined Firewall Rules apply to all computers sending network traffic.

30. How do you block all traffic for a specific port in windows firewall?
Vista SP1 and Server 2008 and above.
To another hard disk in the same computer - network or to removable media.
Configure a firewall rule to the specific port and block all connections.
All you have to do is purchase an upgrade key from Microsoft or another authorized retailer to unlock those new features.

31. What can storage reports be used for?
Which processes currently consume a resource like processor utilization.
Anew vpn protocol that uses SSL (port 443) for encryption.
Duplicate file identification - disk usage patterns - dormant files identification - and audit screening.
Use it to can backup certificates to a .PFX file that is password protected.

32. What drive is System protection is automatically setup on?
The command used to preform an offline defrag. Example: jetpack DHCP.mdb temp.mdb
For the drive that Windows is installed on. System protection can only be turned on for drives that are formatted using the NTFS file system.
Us edit dnscmd /zoneupdatefromdns command.
You create an answer file and place it on removable media. By default - Windows Setup will search the root directory of all removable media for an answer file called Autounattend.xml.

33. What is a reservation?
Create a Custom Rule. By default Predefined Firewall Rules apply to all computers sending network traffic.
A way of assigning a staic address based on the mac address. This ensures each time the client receives the same address.
Generates a space-estimate file called Usmtsize.txt. This option does not collect the user state. You must also specify /nocompress.
Ping the Link Local Address (FE80 Address)

34. Wireless profiles _____________ - the PC needs to be connected to the LAN first.
Anew vpn protocol that uses SSL (port 443) for encryption.
Can be configured through a GPO
Enterprise and Ultimate versions. The limitation refers only to the ability to enable protection on a removable storage device. Once BitLocker To Go is added to a storage device - that device can be used normally with any version of Windows 7. It can
By running the Update Status summary report.

35. What command is used to view the network monitor via command line?
Only a local administrator
NMCAP. You can initiate a packet capture and make a .cap file to replay later. It allows you to accept a .cap files as input useful in parsing traffic by different ports or ip address. Example: NMCap /inputcapture test.cap /capture IPV4.Address ==10.
Yes - This involves picking the user certificate of the user you are sharing the file with. If that user does not already have a preinstalled certificate - then have them logon and encrypt a file for the first time and EFS will autogenerate a new cer
Either by placing data on a web server and enforcing ssl to be used to download or by using IPSEC on a file share.

36. What is required to upgrade Vista to Windows 7?
It is a temporary wireless profile that doesn't validate the certificate of the remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) server.
It is the Microsoft SMB client for accessing shared network resources
The latest Vista Service Pack
One of the tunnels if DirectAccess by using a computer certificate. This tunnel provides access to an intranet Domain Name System (DNS) server and domain controller - allowing the computer to download Group Policy objects and to request authenticatio

37. If you wanted to encrypt the connection between a client PC and the WSUS server what would you use?
SSL
3389
It sees if your PC is ready for Windows 7. It scans your hardware - devices - and installed programs for known compatibility issues - gives you guidance on how to resolve potential issues found - and recommends what to do before you upgrade.
It is a command-line tool which relies on Windows Remote Management (WinRM) to execute remote commands. The basic syntax for WinRS commands is as follows: winrs -r:target command - where target is the name (NetBIOS or FQDN) of the remote computer tha

38. How can Transparent Caching is be enabled?
Configure the primary zone to transfer to only DNS servers listed on the names server tab or by ip address.
Through Group Policy at Computer configuration | Administrative Templates | Network | Offline Files | Enable Transparent Caching.
EAP authentication needs to be enabled for remote access authentication (dial up - VPN - wireless) -.
By using the DISM command with a /Set-Edition option: Example: DISM /IMAGE:C:SAMPLE.WIM /Set-Edition:Ultimate

39. How do you create a custom Windows PE image that supports windows scripting host?
A tool for controlling the types of content that your computer can access on the Internet. After you turn on Content Advisor - only rated content that meets or exceeds your criteria can be viewed. You can adjust the settings to suit your preferences.
Modify the PE image using DISM by adding the WINPE-Scripting package to BOOT.WIM
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Create persistent connections to computers with POWERSHELL

40. Why would a secondary DNS server stop responding to client queries?
Forward to another DNS server
It can speed up your computer by using storage space on most USB flash drives and flash memory cards. ReadyBoost is designed to help when your PC's memory is running low. Low memory can make your computer sluggish because Windows - which needs a plac
This happens because the zone records expire. This occurs because the secondary zone has not successfully zone transferred before the "Expires After" SOA.
A collection of logs created by computers fowarding events. Viewed on the collecting computer.

41. How do you install RRAS?
they are enforced and will not allow a user to exceed the space limit.
From the Network Policy Access Services role in system manager.
Boot to a Windows 7 setup DVD and run System Restore or boot to a System Repair Disk.
Run scripts

42. In case the _______________ - DHCP clients can be configured with an alternative static ip address?
MSCHAP2 is user/password authentication while EAP-TLS is comuter authentication via certificate or smart card.
Yes
SSL
DHCP server cannot assign an ip address

43. What tool is used to manage shadowcopies?
All Programs - Windows Virtual PC - Windows XP Mode Applications. To run your application directly from the Windows 7 desktop - just go to your Start menu.
All you have to do is purchase an upgrade key from Microsoft or another authorized retailer to unlock those new features.
Assign a ipsec policy to all computers - verify the computers can manually authenticate. Assign a client respond only IPSEC policy to the computers. Also either the request server or the security server need IPSEC polices assigned.
vssadmin.exe. This can view previous version files as well.

44. Windows 9x ___________ an automatic update client.
It contains new capabilities and extensions that you can: Define rules based on file attributes - Create exceptions to rules - Import and export rules - and use audit-only mode.
Specified the version identifer of the back to recover in MM?DD/YYYY-HH:MM format. If the version is unknown wdadmin will get the version.
Generates a space-estimate file called Usmtsize.txt. This option does not collect the user state. You must also specify /nocompress.
Does not have

45. What are some of the IPV6 transition technologies?
ISATAP - Teredo and 6to4
Boot into Windows Vista to initiate a direct upgrade to Windows 7 - insert the Windows 7 setup DVD - run SETUP.EXE and choose the Upgrade option. Do not boot directly to the setup DVD.
It can add a driver to an offline WIM image with the /Add-Driver option
A new feature for Offline Files & Folders. Prior to Windows 7 - to open a file across a slow network - client computers always retrieved the file from the server - even if the client computer had recently read the file. With Windows 7 transparent cac

46. RRAS can be configured both in ______________.
IPV4 and IPV6
Create persistent connections to computers with POWERSHELL
Delete all the zone files or reinstall the DNS service.
Only Windows Vista can be directly upgraded to Windows 7 and only if you upgrade within the same processor architecture (X86 or X84).

47. How do you setup a DHCP server for redundancy?
A processor that supports the hardware virtualization using either the AMD-V or Intel VT options. 256MB of RAM is dedicated to the XP client so the Windows 7 computer should have at least 2GB of overall RAM. Windows XP Mode is only available in Windo
WSUS server configuration information - Metadata describing what each update is for - and general information about clients - updates and interaction.
You setup one the DHCP server with the same option settings and non-overlapping scopes. Make sure to duplicate any reservations.
A user to submit a print job to a printer and manage their own print jobs through the "Manage Documents" permission granted to the Creator Owners Group. If you grant a user "Manage Documents" - then they can manage ALL jobs submitted to that printer.

48. How do you calculate the original subnet mask of a network that was divided in to multiple networks?
For example - you can create a rule that allows all Windows processes to run except Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
Take the number of networks and take the square root of it. Subtract that number from the subnet mask. The result is the original mask.
EAP protocol.
When you plug a ReadyBoost-compatible storage device into your computer - the AutoPlay dialog box offers you the option to speed up your PC using ReadyBoost. If you select this option - you can choose how much memory on the device to use for this pur

49. What does IP Helper service has to run for?
Uncheck IPV6 from the network properties.
Is a command-line tool for managing BCD stores. It can be used for a variety of purposes - including creating new stores - modifying existing stores - adding boot menu options - and so on. BCDEdit serves essentially the same purpose as Bootcfg.exe on
IPV6 transition technologies
they are enforced and will not allow a user to exceed the space limit.

50. What protocol does NAP enforce when used in 802.1x authentication?
It can add a driver to an offline WIM image with the /Add-Driver option
No they are disabled
EAP protocol.
Use the Import Foreign Disk option on the target computer